IMN : Updates for Becca Stevenshttp://www.imnworld.com/
Breaking news on the world's best musicians.en-usTue, 03 Mar 2015 12:43:59 CSTTue, 03 Mar 2015 12:43:59 CSThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsstom@imnworld.comcontact@thecanarycollective.comJazz fest hits high noteshttp://imnworld.com/news/detail/3502/
<p><p><b>February 19th, 2015</b></p><em>From Portland Tribune</em></p>
<p><strong>Jazz fest hits high notes</strong><br />
By: Rob Cullivan</p>
<p>About 17,000 jazz fans are expected to attend about 30 shows during the 12th annual Portland Jazz Festival, which kicked off Feb. 17, and runs through Sunday, March 1.</p>
<p>Designed to coincide with Black History Month, the festival features both ticketed and free performances all over town, as well as workshops, the schedules of which can be found <a href="http://www.portlandjazzfestival.org">here</a>.</p>
<p>Performers include Stanley Jordan, Darrell Grant, Mary Sue Tobin, Tahirah Memory and Jarrod Lawson, Vijay Ijer, Greta Matassa, Karla Harris and Mark Simon, Ron Carter and Benny Green Trio, the Devin Phillips Quartet, Ben Darwish, Dan Balmer and Caminhos Cruzados, The Blue Cranes, the Blueprints Trio with Mike Horsfall, the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, and Lucky Peterson.</p>
<p>Festival Managing Director Don Lucoff notes this is the longest festival ever. About 76 percent of the audience is from the Portland area, with the remainder coming from Seattle, California and, interestingly, New York City.</p>
<p>“Our audience skews older, 45 to 50-plus,” he says. “But we have one of the youngest audiences out of all the arts organizations in town.”</p>
<p>This year’s festival features a number of youngish performers, including pianist Taylor Eigsti, 30, who will participate in a “Jazz Conversation” at noon Feb. 19 with Grant and Becca Stevens at Portland State University. He will perform at 7 p.m. the same day at First Congregational Church, 1126 S.W. Park Ave., with a trio, as well as with Joel Harrison’s Free Country Ensemble at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 21, at Classic Pianos, 3003 S.E. Milwaukie Ave. (next to the Aladdin Theater), and at 2 p.m. Feb. 22 with Stevens at Classic Pianos.</p>
<p>Stevens is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who plays pop, rock, jazz and even hip-hop. She’s made music with her own band as well as with Eigsti, Brad Mehldau, Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke. For her festival debut, Stevens will perform solo and with Eigsti, and serve as an adjudicator and collaborate with Billy Childs’ Laura Nyro project at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Newmark Theatre, 1111 S.W. Broadway St. This show features the Nicholas Payton Trio and Billy Childs’ Map To The Treasure, as well as Alicia Olatuja.</p>
<p>Stevens and Eigsti recorded “Daylight at Midnight,” released in 2010, and Eigsti says the pair will likely perform some tunes off that album.</p>
<p>“Beyond that, I usually like to figure out the set list pretty last-minute, so I’m not quite sure what we’re going to play yet,” he says. “That’s the fun of it — we try as a group to focus on the present moment as much as possible.”</p>
<p><strong>Precocious prodigy</strong></p>
<p>Growing up in Menlo Park, Calif., Eigsti says he was inspired to play piano by his sister, Shannon, who died from cancer when she was 17 and he was 3.</p>
<p>“She was a jazz and rock pianist, and I kind of wanted to do what she did,” he says. “I was only really considered a ‘prodigy’ because I was young and playing music. I don’t think I possessed any special gifts other than really enjoying what I was doing.”</p>
<p>Noted for his rhythmic command of the keys, Eigsti says all types of music inspire him to play, “in addition to being inspired by sounds, textures, life and people just as much. Sometimes I like the sound I get out of the piano to emulate different textures, like rhythm guitar, or drums, or a voice, so my emphasis is largely on creating something that sounds human and honest.”</p>
<p>He particularly enjoys writing for symphony orchestras, and also has worked on movie scores.</p>
<p>“I’ve also had the great opportunity to write for choir, large ensembles, small ensembles, duos — just about every context,” he adds.</p>
<p>To read the rest of the article, click <a href="http://portlandtribune.com/pt/11-features/250907-119588-jazz-fest-hits-high-notes">here</a></p>IMNBecca Stevens Announces Release of "Perfect Animal", out April 7 on Universal Music Classicshttp://imnworld.com/news/detail/3488/
<p><p><b>February 12th, 2015</b></p><strong>Becca Stevens</strong> has announced her major label debut &#8220;Perfect Animal&#8221;. The album will be released April 7, 2015 on Universal Music Classics.</p>
<p>Pre-order your copy now at <a href="http://smarturl.it/BSBPerfectAnimal_Amz">Amazon.com</a></p>
IMNConfirmed Tourdates As Of January 26th, 2015http://imnworld.com/tour_dates/for_artist/190/
March 14th, 2015: <b><a href="http://motorcomusic.com/event/ben-solle-becca-stevens/">Motorco Music Hall</a></b> Durham , NC USA [Ben Sollee & Becca Stevens Band (with special guest Alan Hampton)]<br />March 15th, 2015: <b><a href="http://www.thesoutherncville.com/events/detail/ben-sollee-becca-stevens-band">The Southern</a></b> Charlottesville, VA USA [Ben Sollee & Becca Stevens Band (with special guest Alan Hampton)]<br />March 16th, 2015: <b><a href="http://www.tinpanrva.com/calendar/ben-sollee-with-special-guest-becca-stevens/">Tin Pan</a></b> Richmond, VA USA [Ben Sollee & Becca Stevens Band (with special guest Alan Hampton)]<br />March 17th, 2015: <b><a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/733755?utm_medium=bks&utm_medium=459899">Rock & Roll Hotel </a></b> Washington, DC USA [Ben Sollee & Becca Stevens Band (with special guest Alan Hampton)]<br />March 18th, 2015: <b><a href="http://www.nbotickets.com/auto_choose_ga.asp?area=9&event=9669">Iron Horse</a></b> Northampton, MA USA [Ben Sollee & Becca Stevens Band (with special guest Alan Hampton)]<br />March 19th, 2015: <b>160 Mass Ave at Berklee College of Music</b> Boston, MA USA [Ben Sollee & Becca Stevens Band (with special guest Alan Hampton)]<br />March 20th, 2015: <b><a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/705399?utm_medium=459899">World Cafe Live </a></b> Wilmington, DE USA [Ben Sollee & Becca Stevens Band (with special guest Alan Hampton)]<br />March 28th, 2015: <b><a href="http://www.ubcfa.org/calendar/list/current_page,1/per_page,100">Buffalo Center for the Arts</a></b> Buffalo, NY USA [Becca Stevens Band]<br />April 9th, 2015: <b><a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/Columbus-Jazz-Orchestra-tickets/artist/795545?tm_link=edp_Artist_Name#artist_table_focus">Southern Theatre</a></b> Columbus, OH USA [Columbus Jazz Orchestra with special guests Becca Stevens and Dave Powers]<br />April 10th, 2015: <b><a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/Columbus-Jazz-Orchestra-tickets/artist/795545?tm_link=edp_Artist_Name#artist_table_focus">Southern Theatre</a></b> Columbus, OH USA [Columbus Jazz Orchestra with special guests Becca Stevens and Dave Powers]<br />April 11th, 2015: <b><a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/Columbus-Jazz-Orchestra-tickets/artist/795545?tm_link=edp_Artist_Name#artist_table_focus">Southern Theatre</a></b> Columbus, OH USA [Columbus Jazz Orchestra with special guests Becca Stevens and Dave Powers]<br />April 12th, 2015: <b><a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/Columbus-Jazz-Orchestra-tickets/artist/795545?tm_link=edp_Artist_Name#artist_table_focus">Southern Theatre</a></b> Columbus, OH USA [Columbus Jazz Orchestra with special guests Becca Stevens and Dave Powers]<br />April 28th, 2015: <b><a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=5698685&pl=space">Evanston Space</a></b> Evanston, IL USA [Becca Stevens Band]<br />May 20th, 2015: <b><a href="http://www.warmemorial.org/arts-at-the-alger/">The Grosse Pointe War Memorial</a></b> Grosse Pointe Farms, MI USA [Becca Stevens Band]<br />May 27th, 2015: <b><a href="https://www.hotelcafe.com/tickets/">Hotel Cafe</a></b> Los Angeles, CA USA [Becca Stevens Band]<br />May 28th, 2015: <b><a href="http://kuumbwajazz.org/calendar/">Kuumbwa Jazz Center</a></b> Santa Cruz, CA USA [Becca Stevens Band]<br />IMNYouthful approach with Celebrity Series' new Stave Sessionshttp://imnworld.com/news/detail/3454/
<p><p><b>January 8th, 2015</b></p><em>From The Boston Globe</em></p>
<p><strong>Youthful Approach with Celebrity Series&#8217; new Stave Sessions</strong><br />
By: David Weininger</p>
<p>In a significant addition to Boston’s music scene and a broadening of the offerings of the city’s chief importer of classical events, Celebrity Series of Boston has announced a weeklong new-music festival in March, focusing on performers and ensembles whose work crosses stylistic and genre boundaries.</p>
<p>The series, called Stave Sessions, will include six nights of performances in a cabaret-style setting at 160 Massachusetts Avenue, a Berklee College of Music building that opened last year. It allows Celebrity Series, founded in 1938, to put a greater emphasis on both presenting younger performers and attracting younger audiences.</p>
<p>“I’m very pleased we’re doing it — I won’t say finally, but this has been a couple of years in the thinking and making,” said Celebrity Series president Gary Dunning in an interview.</p>
<p>Stave Sessions opens on March 15 with Banda Magda, a band whose palette ranges over bossa nova and French pop, led by Berklee alum Magda Giannikou. Opening the show is Chorobop, formed by three Berklee students from Brazil. Gabriel Kahane, a singer-songwriter whose Los Angeles-based album, “The Ambassador,” was one of last year’s most acclaimed releases, performs on March 17, with singer and bassist Kate Davis opening.</p>
<p>The vocal octet Roomful of Teeth (March 18), cellist <strong>Ben Sollee and the Becca Stevens Band</strong> (March 19), the string quartet Brooklyn Rider (March 20), and Max Richter, a composer who uses electronics to refashion familiar classical works (March 21), will each play two sets per evening.</p>
<p>To read the rest of the article, click <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/01/08/youthful-approach-with-celebrity-series-new-stave-sessions/at7WzG3AHIgGoCtKmdJlTJ/story.html">here</a></p>IMNBecca Stevens debuting Perfect Animal live in Berlinhttp://imnworld.com/news/detail/3374/
<p><p><b>October 29th, 2014</b></p><em>From Gina Loves Jazz</em></p>
<p><strong>Becca Stevens debuting Perfect Animal live in Berlin</strong><br />
By: Matthias Kirsch</p>
<p>If the dog’s nose is cold, then it’s feeling fine. Those were one of the sentences Becca Stevens told her audience in German last night at the A-Trane. Once again, after a couple of years, she was back with her band and this time around with several new songs on board.</p>
<p>Her new album “Perfect Animal” is already out in Japan, will be released in the US in early November to be followed by a European release in early 2015. And she continues her raw, dynamic signature sound on tracks like “Reminder” or “Imperfect Animals” which run smoothly side by side with her songs from her gorgeous “Weightless” album from 2011. She had a few cover songs on offer as well. Right before the end of the first set, she had the receptive audience singing the Smiths‘ “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” while the band was walking off stage. A nice treat!</p>
<p>Complementing her on stage, as they have since as far back as 2005, were Liam Robinson on piano and accordion and vocals, Chris Tordini on bass and vocals (and the harmony vocals of the three of them are something else!), and Jordan Perlson on drums. Going back to the afore-mentioned cover songs, we were treated to some Usher, Steve Winwood, and Frank Ocean as well. But Becca really shines when telling her own stories with either guitar or ukulele at hand. She really has created her own, instantly identifiable sound over the last few years and the good thing is that you still can’t categorize her. But who wants to really? It’s Becca Stevens.</p>
<p>To read the original article, click <a href="http://ginalovesjazz.com/becca-stevens-debuting-perfect-animal-live-in-berlin/">here</a></p>IMNBecca Stevens en Concert Prive au Duc des Lombardshttp://imnworld.com/news/detail/3402/
<p><p><b>October 21st, 2014</b></p><em>From <span class="caps">TSF</span> Jazz</em></p>
<p><strong>Becca Stevens en Concert Prive au Duc des Lombards</strong></p>
<p>To listen to the full performance, click <a href="http://www.tsfjazz.com/pop-pcast.php?id=10851">here</a></p>IMNINTERVIEW/ PREVIEW: Becca Stevens http://imnworld.com/news/detail/3341/
<p><p><b>October 16th, 2014</b></p><em>From London Jazz News</em></p>
<p><strong><span class="caps">INTERVIEW</span>/ <span class="caps">PREVIEW</span>: Becca Stevens ( Pizza Express Dean Street 22nd October, forthcoming album <em>Perfect Animal</em>)</strong><br />
By: Nicky Schrire</p>
<p>Nicky Schrire interviewed American vocalist / bandleader Becca Stevens, who starts a nine-date European tour at Pizza Express Dean Street on Weds October 22nd, and about her new album &#8216;Perfect Animal&#8217; which is to be released next year:</p>
<p>LondonJazz News: Welcome back to London. What has <span class="caps">BSB</span> been up to since you last appeared at Pizza Express in March 2013 ? </p>
<p>Becca Stevens: We&#8217;ve been making a record! We started tracking in January of &#8217;13 with producer Scott Solter, and I continued to work on the record with the band and alone for almost a year, taking breaks to tour and make a living. I was super hands on in the making of this one, which was a very informative, fascinating, strengthening experience. I did a lot of the editing myself in hotel rooms on the road, at home, on planes, and wherever I had a moment to myself. Once I finished the editing, mixing (with Matt Pence), and mastering (with Dave McNair), I did a long label search and ended up deciding to partner with Pledge Music to help fund releasing the album independently. I&#8217;ve really enjoyed the process of sharing photos, videos, and stories from the recording adventure with Pledgers, as well as recordings I made at home of all the songs that no one else has ever heard. The campaign is still open if you want to get access to that stuff. </p>
<p><span class="caps">LJN</span>: You appear to enjoy collaborations and working as sideman. Where has that taken you recently?</p>
<p>BS: That&#8217;s right! I really enjoy collaborations. It keeps me balanced. Lately I&#8217;ve been performing a lot with Billy Childs, who just released a record through Sony Masterworks of his &#8220;re-imaginations&#8221; of Laura Nyro&#8217;s music, produced by Larry Klein. The record is teaming with unbelievably talented musicians. I&#8217;ve also premiered a work by/ performed with/been collaborating with classical pianist/composer Timo Andres, and wrote songs for both José James&#8217; and Ambrose Akinmusire&#8217;s new records (both on Blue Note). I&#8217;ve recently collaborated and performed with Gerald Clayton, Dave Douglas, John Ellis, and others, and recorded with Aya Nishina, Dayna Stephens, New West Guitar Group, Gideon Van Gelder, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Levin Deger, Guilhem Flouzat, Thomas Bergeron, and Tillery (a band I&#8217;m in with Rebecca Martin and Gretchen Parlato) among others.</p>
<p><span class="caps">LJN</span>: Journalists tend to ask you about the challenge of categorization and your viewpoint on being included or excluded as a “jazz” artist. Have your recent collaborations with people more clearly rooted in the jazz world changed your perceptions about genres?</p>
<p>BS: I wouldn&#8217;t say that it changes my view per se. I cherish my jazz roots and experience, and the opportunities that has brought into my career. I don&#8217;t mind that much when people (journalists, fans, friends, family, whoever) categorize me in a way that I don&#8217;t agree with. More than anything it&#8217;s just interesting. Different people taste different things in food, especially when it&#8217;s made of a lot of different ingredients. I do believe though that the new record with my band, Perfect Animal has moved even farther from being able to just be categorized as &#8220;jazz&#8221;, and to me exists comfortably without being categorized as any one specific existing genre. </p>
<p>To read the rest of the interview, click <a href="http://www.londonjazznews.com/2014/10/interview-preview-becca-stevens-pizza.html">here</a></p>IMNBilly Childs & Becca Stevens: Reimagining Laura Nyrohttp://imnworld.com/news/detail/3340/
<p><p><b>October 15th, 2014</b></p><em>From myfoxla.com</em></p>
<p><strong>Billy Childs &amp; Becca Stevens: Reimagining Laura Nyro</strong><br />
By: Jeffery Thomas De Socio</p>
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<p>Jazz musician Billy Childs stops by Good Day LA with singer Becca Stevens. Billy has a new album out recreating songs from the jazz legend Laura Nyro, called “Map to the Treasure &#8211; Reimagining Laura Nyro.”</p>IMNBecca Stevens, one of Monterey Jazz Festival's 10 Best Perforamnceshttp://imnworld.com/news/detail/3297/
<p><p><b>September 29th, 2014</b></p><em>from mercurynews.com</em></p>
<p><strong>Review: Monterey Jazz Festival&#8217;s 10 Best Performances</strong><br />
By: Richard Scheinin</p>
<p>Becca Stevens. The singer-songwriter&#8217;s voice is pure like a river. Her songs are poetic evocations of families, of love&#8217;s ups and downs; they look forward, and they look back, evoking history. Her quartet &#8212; covering piano, accordion, upright bass and drums, as well as her own guitar and ukulele &#8212; makes everything sound simple and natural. Great arrangements. Deeply compelling songs. Could she be the new Joni? That&#8217;s the well from which she springs.</p>
<p>To read the full article click <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_26583935/review-monterey-jazz-festivals-10-best-performances">here</a></p>IMNStevens steps into the spotlight with the coming album "Perfect Animal." http://imnworld.com/news/detail/3275/
<p><p><b>September 15th, 2014</b></p><em>from latimes.com</em></p>
<p><strong>Overrated / Underrated 2014: Football outrage, Becca Stevens and more</strong><br />
By: Chris Barton</p>
<p><span class="caps">UNDERRATED</span>: Becca Stevens Something akin to the jazz-pop vocal muse of 2014, with stunning cameos on albums by José James, Ambrose Akinmusire and Billy Childs&#8217; lovely Laura Nyro tribute, &#8220;Map to the Treasure,&#8221; Stevens steps into the spotlight with the coming album &#8220;Perfect Animal.&#8221; At times resembling a more folk-tinged St. Vincent, Stevens offers richly twisted originals alongside covers of Frank Ocean, Usher and Steve Winwood. (She performs Thursday at the Bootleg Theater.)</p>
<p>To read the full article click <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-overrated-underrated-2014-scroll-htmlstory.html">here</a></p>IMNBecca Stevens featured on Tavis Smileyhttp://imnworld.com/news/detail/3272/
<p><p><b>September 5th, 2014</b></p><em>from pbs.org</em></p>
<p>A three-time Grammy-winning pianist, arranger and composer, Billy Childs developed his voice by merging jazz and classical genres. He&#8217;s recorded two volumes of jazz/chamber music and received several orchestral commissions. He&#8217;s also performed with Yo-Yo Ma, Sting, Wynton Marsalis, the L.A. Phil, the Detroit Symphony and others. At age six, he demonstrated an aptitude for piano and graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor of music in composition. After apprenticing with Freddie Hubbard and J.J. Johnson, he began his solo jazz recording career in 1988. Childs&#8217; latest project, &#8220;Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro,&#8221; pays homage to the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. Becca is the featured vocalist in the performance which starts around 8:00</p>
<p>To watch the video click <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/billy-childs/?show=22537">here</a></p>IMNBecca Stevens Announces Collaboration With Pledge Music for New Record "Perfect Animalhttp://imnworld.com/news/detail/3221/
<p><p><b>July 10th, 2014</b></p>Becca Stevens has announced her collaboration with Pledge Music to release her new record &#8220;Perfect Animal&#8221;. The release of &#8220;Perfect Animal&#8221; is slated for the fall of 2014.</p>
<p>A message from Becca:</p>
<p>&#8220;Dear Friends &amp; Family,</p>
<p>It is with total delight that I can finally announce my next record “Perfect Animal”, a collection of ten new songs and arrangements, which will be coming to you this fall! This album, in the truest sense of the phrase, has been a labor of love and I&#8217;m so excited to be able to share it with you!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m partnering with PledgeMusic in order to offer a Pre-Order of the record along with some other exclusive content I&#8217;ve never been able to offer you. By pledging, you&#8217;ll receive a download of the album before the general public but you’ll <span class="caps">ALSO</span> receive access to special content and updates highlighting our time in the studio, unreleased demos, videos and more!</p>
<p>I made this goofy little video &#8211; featuring my refrigerator &#8211; (accessed by clicking the link below) where you can hear some snippets of new music as well as get info on how you can be involved!</p>
<p>http://www.pledgemusic.com/beccastevens</p>
<p>It’s folks like you who allow us to continue doing what we love: making and performing music. So, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for supporting me and my music. Pledge on!</p>
<p>Lotsa Love,<br />
Becca&#8221;</p>IMNBecca Stevens named one of Downbeat's Rising Star Vocalistshttp://imnworld.com/news/detail/3198/
<p><p><b>June 18th, 2014</b></p>The Downbeat Critics Poll was released today and Becca was named as one the Critics &#8220;Rising Star Vocalists&#8221;</p>
<p>To see the full list click <a href="http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2014/DB1408/single_page_view/67.html">here</a></p>IMNBecca Stevens featured on Amy Poehler's Smart Girlshttp://imnworld.com/news/detail/3085/
<p><p><b>March 28th, 2014</b></p><em>from amysmartgirls.com</em></p>
<p><strong><span class="caps">SMART</span> <span class="caps">GIRLS</span> IN <span class="caps">THE</span> <span class="caps">ARTS</span>: <span class="caps">BECCA</span> <span class="caps">STEVENS</span></strong></p>
<p>Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to two musician parents, music was Stevens’ mother tongue, a language she learned early and spoke often. At two, Stevens was performing with her family’s band, The Tune Mammals, and soon after, Stevens began acting, dancing and involving herself in any performing arts opportunities she could get her hands on.</p>
<p>“My siblings and I were surrounded by music all of the time, “ Stevens said. “My parents are both singers so it was common to hear them rehearsing classical pieces at the piano. Whether cleaning the kitchen after dinner or driving somewhere in the car, my parents always played an eclectic array of great music. Irish and Appalachian folk music particularly feels like home to me.”</p>
<p>To read the the full article click <a href="http://amysmartgirls.com/2014/03/smart-girls-in-the-arts-musician-becca-stevens/">here</a></p>IMNBecca Stevens Band "...a joyful celebration of the wonderful work from all of these talented musicians"http://imnworld.com/news/detail/2999/
<p><p><b>January 31st, 2014</b></p><em>from songwritersolutions.com</em></p>
<p><strong>2014 Triad Music Festival In Review</strong><br />
By: Chris Smith</p>
<p>Winston-Salem front woman Becca Stevens and her band, flown in from New York City, put on a beautiful show for fans, friends and family. Set against a twinkle backdrop in the Hanesbrands Theatre, the group played for more than two hours, sharing Stevens’s original works and stunning takes on covers by Usher and The Smiths. The band is known for their instrumentation (accordion, keyboard, charango, ukulele, guitars, double bass, percussion) non-traditional vocal harmonies, tight sound, and soaring contours on their recorded works. In this impressionable live setting, they delivered a captivating performance that not only showcased their incredible musicianship but gave them an opportunity to banter and interact intimately with their audience. We look forward to hearing this lineup in Winston-Salem again. Opening for the Becca Stevens Band were Lee and Susan Terry, a beloved local duo who have played an intricate part in the Triad folk music scene for years. They carried the audience away with transcendental lyrics from Lee and soaring viola lines from Susan. The evening was a joyful celebration of the wonderful work from all of these talented musicians.</p>
<p>To read the full article click <a href="http://songwritersolutions.com/2014/01/24/triad-music-festival-review/">here</a></p>IMNAn Under-The-Radar Albums Preview For 2014http://imnworld.com/news/detail/2971/
<p><p><b>January 10th, 2014</b></p><em>npr.org/blogs/therecord</em></p>
<p><strong>An Under-The-Radar Albums Preview For 2014</strong><br />
By: Ann Powers</p>
<p>Becca will be featured on the upcoming Blue Note Records release of trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire&#8217;s &#8220;the imagined savior is far easier to paint&#8221;. <span class="caps">NPR</span>&#8217;s The Record blog has featured the song she wrote for the album called &#8220;Our Basement&#8221; in their Under-The-Radar Albums Preview For 2014.</p>
<p>To read the full article click <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2014/01/09/261053134/an-under-the-radar-albums-preview-for-2014">here</a></p>IMN